This story is set in Animal World – a topsy-turvy world where all the characters are animals. It is an exciting tale of adventure set in the northern city of Dogchester, where the city police force is led by Detective Chief Superintendent Nellie Trump, a lady elephant. DCS Trump is in charge of a tough, grizzled Detective Inspector, a cat named Tom Grouse, who is pictured on the front cover of this book. DI Tom joins with a friend, Dame Alice Gobble de-Gook, a turkey, in an exciting adventure - a quest to find the priceless fabulous gold statuette of Felix the Great, stolen by a gang of criminal monkeys, led by a huge, fat orang-utan who calls himself ‘King’ Brian, a ruthless leader who lives in a secret hideaway – a great palace – hidden in the Wild, Wet and Windy Woods . . .
Robert Bowden is a retired Senior Lecturer in Visual Communications at Wolverhampton University. Robert taught students on a BA(Hons) degree course in Graphic Design. He spent the last ten years of his career teaching computer-aided art and design. Outside of his career, he was a keen boater, and musician, acting as musical director for some ten amateur musicals. He now lives in retirement with his wife in Wirral, Merseyside, returning to his roots. He has now written five novels in various genera, including supernatural fantasy.